The Oakland A’s won! It’s still spring training, and the standings still don’t matter, but a victory is fun anyway.
The A’s beat the Cincinnati Reds by a 5-4 margin on Wednesday. Oakland scored four in the 1st inning, then held on the rest of the way.
The lineup got off to a great start, which has been a somewhat common occurrence this spring despite the often losing finishes. Today it was Tony Kemp with a leadoff double, Jed Lowrie with an RBI single, Sean Murphy with a booming double, Seth Brown with a two-run double, and Chad Pinder with an RBI double deep to center, all in the 1st inning.